Your strategy is definitely good — capturing territory to fill it later when advancing doesn't make sense is important. 7 moves are more complex, but much less so when playing against the bot.
Your suggestion about making the bot eager to advance makes sense, thanks. Hope you'll play a few times against a human opponent in the future:)
* Make a small pause as if the bot is thinking each move. Probably .1 or .2 seconds is enough and not boring. We made a few games a long time ago, and a small pause makes it easier to understand the rules.
* When the game finished, I still can see my token as if I can draw it. It's very confusing until I notice the congratulations message. Don't show the token whe the game ended.
Your suggestion about making the bot eager to advance makes sense, thanks. Hope you'll play a few times against a human opponent in the future:)